Rail joint



March 20, l1928,. 1,663,419

PL STELLINGWERF RAIL JOINT Filed April 25. 1927 INVENTOR WITNESS:` ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 20, 1928."

UNITED Sfra'iEs PETER STELLINGWERF, or ORANGE CITY, IOWA.`

RAIL JOINT. i n 1 Application mea Aprile-25, 1927; seiai no. wams.

My present invention has reference toa rail joint of the scarf type, and my object is the provision of a joint of this type in which the employment of fish plates and analogous devices will be successfully obviated. p

A further object is the provision of a rail joint in which the confronting ends of the rails are cut angularly on one of their faces l0 and designed when in contacting engagement to provide a substantially continuous rail, each of said rail ends having a reduced base flange extension, formed with depend ing lugs, the base flanges proper'` being formed with pockets to receive ak reduced base flange therein,'and the lower walls of said pockets having depressions therein to receive the lugs on the base flange eXten sions, and further wherein the confronting and contacting ends of the rails are connected together simply by bolts engaged b-y ordinary nuts.

A still further object is the provision of a rail joint of a comparatively simple construction but whereby a continuous rail is provided.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the invention, and wherein:

Figure lis a top plan view of a rail joint in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of 'the rail ends.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the cooperating rail end. i

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the rails associated.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional perspective view of the improvement.

The body of each of the rails is of the' ordinary construction, comprising a head l, a base flange 2 and a web 3 that connects the head of the `base flange. One face of each rail, on one end thereof, is cut at an inclination, so that the ends of the rails are substantially wedged-shaped. The wedges on the inclined faces of the rails, have their outer corners beveled and inclined, as at fl, to their juncture with the head portions of the said rail ends. By thus beveling these portions of the wedge the rail ends can be associated and connected in an-easy manner as will hereinafter be apparent. The base flanges upon the angle faces, at the ends of the rails, are cut away or otherwise reduced so that the outer portions thereof form only reduced portions whose upper faces afford ledges `5, and for dise. tinction I will referto these portions ofthe base `flanges of the rails as tongues: ,i Ther tongues upon their inner faces are formed with depending lugs 6, and the webs of the .rails atl the angle ends thereof have bolt tongue portions ofthe rails. The outer end of each part of the base flange of the rail ends in which the pockets 8 are formed is beveled, as at 9, and the inner wall of each pocket 8 is formed with spaced sockets 11", the spaces between the sockets corresponding with those between the lugs 6.

The base flanges at the front or outer side of each of the rail endsk are deflected angularly, Vas at 12, and the ends of these portions of the base flanges are cut angularly, as at l0.

The ends of the cooperating rails are assembled by merely moving the same longitudinally toward each other. The angle portions 4 of the webs obviate the necessity of forming the said webs with shoulders which would interfere with t-he head of one of the rails being raised slightly beyond the head of the cooperating rail until the tongue portions 5 of the rails are wholly received in the pockets 8 ofthe cooperating rails to permit of the lugs 6 on the said tongues being disposed in a line with the sockets l1 in the said pockets 8. When the lugs are thus received in the sockets, bolts are passed through the opening 7 and the rail ends are thus effectivelyconnected.

Having described the invention, I claim l. In a rail joint, two railway rails having beveled faces at the ends thereof designed for contacting engagement, each of said rails having a reduced laterally extending base flange portion at the end thereof providing a tongue andy the under face 105 of each tongue being formed with lugs, the base langebeing widened and formed with pockets to receive the tongues of the respective railsl therein and said Apockets having sockets torreceive the lugs on theftongues therein, in combination with bolts and nuts connecting the rail ends.

sides of the tongues being; extended at an outward angle and having their under faces beveled to receive the beveled ends of the first mentioned portions of the rails when the tongues of the respective rail ends are received in the mentioned pockets andthe lugs receivedvin the pockets and means oomprising bolts passing transversely through the Webs and nuts connecting the rail ends.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

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